How we compare

UK ticketing fees, five ways.

Every platform takes a cut somewhere. The real differences are who pays it — the organiser or the buyer — and whether card processing is itemised or quietly folded in. Here's exactly how we stack up.

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The mechanics, side by side

Platform Platform fee Card processing Who pays
Ethical Tickets us 6% 1.4% + 20p itemised, your own Stripe account Organiser
Eventbrite 6.95% + 59p included in the fee Buyer by default1, organiser optional
Ticket Tailor flat-fee model ~65–85p / ticket2 ~1.4–2.9% + 20p separate, your own processor Organiser
DICE ~10–12%3 bundled into the % above Organiserbuyer sees one clean price
Skiddle ~10% + 27p4 included in the fee Buyer

A £10 ticket, side by side

Holding the buyer's price at £10 constant is the fairest comparison — it isolates what the organiser actually takes home, rather than letting a platform look cheap by simply moving its fee onto the customer's card instead.

Ethical Ticketsus
£9.0690.6%
Ticket Tailorest.2
~£8.95~89.5%
DICEest.3
~£8.90~89%
Eventbriteabsorbed1
£8.7187.1%
Skiddlefee → buyer
£10.00buyer pays £11.27

Organiser take-home, as a share of the buyer's £10

Skiddle isn't really "cheaper" — it just moves the entire fee onto the customer's card instead of the organiser's payout. The buyer ends up paying £11.27 for a "£10" ticket. Whether that's better depends entirely on whether your audience or your organiser is more price-sensitive.

Where we actually differ

Three things that don't show up in a single percentage figure.

No buyer mark-up

Unlike Eventbrite's default or Skiddle, the ticket price shown is the ticket price charged. Fees come out of the organiser's side, in the open, not tacked on at checkout.

Card fee is itemised, not hidden

You see Stripe's 1.4% + 20p on your own Stripe dashboard, separate from our 6% — versus Eventbrite and DICE, where it's folded into one number you can't audit.

Where the money goes

Our fee covers running costs, then donates what's left to mental health charities. No other platform on this page publishes what happens to its cut after running costs.

Notes on the figures

  1. Eventbrite — 6.95% + £0.59 is charged to the buyer on top of face value by default; organisers can opt to absorb it instead, which is the mode shown above for a fair like-for-like. UK rate; Eventbrite's US rate is materially lower (3.7% + $1.79).
  2. Ticket Tailor — flat per-ticket fee rather than a percentage, published in USD ($0.85 pay-as-you-sell, down to $0.30 with prepaid credit bundles); the GBP figure and card-processing estimate above are approximate. Because it's flat, Ticket Tailor gets relatively cheaper as ticket price rises.
  3. DICE — does not publish a standard rate; pricing is negotiated per organiser/venue contract. 10–12% is the range most commonly reported by third parties, not an official figure.
  4. Skiddle — Skiddle's own help centre confirms the mechanism (a percentage of face value plus a fixed delivery fee, paid by the customer, organiser receives full face value) but doesn't publish an exact percentage. 10% + 27p, minimum £1, is the rate most commonly reported by third parties.

Compiled 6 August 2026 from each platform's public pricing pages and help centres, where available. Figures may change — always confirm current rates directly with a platform before switching.

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Head back to the pricing page for the complete worked example of exactly where a £10 ticket's money goes.

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